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Clara Irene Weaver
(Obituary ~ 09/06/13)
Clara Irene Weaver, 77, of Linton, passed away at her residence on September 4, 2013. She was born in South Bend, Ind. on February 18, 1936 to Earl and Viva Dolly Gilbreath. Clara was employed for 35 years at the General Electric Plant in Linton. She was owner and operator of Shady Acres Campground...
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Annis Lee Spoor
(Obituary ~ 09/06/13)
Annis Lee Spoor, 94, of Worthington, passed away 6:15 a.m. Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at Glenburn Home, Linton, IN. She was born Sept. 21, 1918, in Pattieville, KY to David and Mary (Shreve) Tuttle. Annis had formerly lived in Fordsville, KY where she and her husband operated Spoor's Grocery for several years. ...
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Greene County Sheriff's Department Jail Log
(Police Reports ~ 09/06/13)
GREENE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JAIL LOG Sept. 5 -- Jamie Earl Poe, 38, Terre Haute, was arrested on a warrant issued out of another county for an alleged probation violation. He was being held without bond. Jasonville Police Officer Ryan Van Horn was the arresting officer...
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Linton Police Department Activity Log
(Police Reports ~ 09/06/13)
LINTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY LOG The Linton Police Department's activity log for Thursday included one title check, five follow-up investigations, one incident of cruelty to an animal, one intimidation, one complaint about an animal, two suspicious vehicles or persons, one harassment complaint, one possibly intoxicated driver, one bicycle theft, one other theft, one ordinance violation and one traffic stop...
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Fifth Annual Linton Fall Arts Festival to offer new and exciting activities; entrants needed for 'Taste of Linton'
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
Plans are coming together for the Fifth Annual Linton Fall Arts Festival with plenty of new and exciting activities added to the downtown event. The Rediscover Downtown Linton group, along with the Linton-Stockton Chamber of Commerce are working together to coordinate this year's festival on Saturday, Sept. 14...
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Harold F. "Bussie" Huffman
(Obituary ~ 09/06/13)
Harold F. "Bussie" Huffman, 98, formerly of the Freelandville area, passed onto another life on Sept. 5, 2013 at 2:35 a.m. at the Lutheran Community Home in Seymour, IN. He was born August 8, 1915 near Bicknell, IN the son of William J. and Eva J. Rouse Huffman. ...
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Lakers win at home
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
Shakamak captured the first seven spots as the host Lakers won a high school boys cross country meet Thursday. Luke Sweet was the overall winner with a time of 17 minutes and 58 seconds. He was followed by teammates Eric Johnson (18:29), Billy Creech (18:37), Clay Reynolds (18:43), Brett Yeryar (18:476), Cody Moorman (18:56) and Gavin Padgett (19:08)...
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Cards take out Sullivan
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
Bloomfield swept through two Sullivan County opponents this week, including defeating visiting Sullivan 25-16. 23-25, 25-21, 25-21 in an non-conference high school volleyball match Thursday night. Madison Toon missed just once in 25 attempts on serve...
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Letters to the Editor
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/06/13)
Community can be proud of local military "We the people" can usually be very proud of our citizens who serve our country in the military, in local, state and federal governments. The taxes about which we complain pay for all those services and the money is usually spent wisely. ...
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Traffic stop nets five drug arrests in Bloomfield
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
A routine traffic stop initiated last week by Deputy Marshal Anthony Bowers of the Bloomfield Police Department led to the arrest of five Bloomfield residents accused of dealing or possessing synthetic drugs. They all bonded out of jail but were scheduled to appear in a courtroom on Friday or next Monday when they will be formally charged during initial hearings...
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LPD and Linton Family Pharmacy teaming up to take care of old or expired medication
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
The Linton Police Department has teamed up with Linton Family Pharmacy to help Linton residents take care of unused or expired prescription medication. LPD Chief Troy Jerrell said his department is now accepting old prescription meds year round. "It used to be we'd have a day when people could drop off their unused medication, and there are still several organizations providing this service, but we changed to be able to take in the old prescriptions every day," said Jerrell...
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White River freight bridge to be replaced thanks to federal grant
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
Indiana U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D) announced a federal grant awarded to the Indiana Department of Transportation for an infrastructure project critical to community transportation in Greene County. The Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER Discretionary Grant, allows Indiana's DOT the opportunity to replace the 110-year-old White River Freight Railroad Bridge,at Elliston, with a new bridge structure...
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Linton man accused of making threatening phone calls from the Greene County Jail
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
Jared P. Kugler, 26, of Linton is accused of making threatening phone calls from the Greene County Jail to a woman he's not supposed to contact at all. Kugler was in jail with more than one criminal case pending against him when a new warrant was issued last week for his arrest -- he wasn't hard to find...
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Indiana Rail Road Company to host open house for new facility in Jasonville Sept. 13
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
Indiana Rail Road Company (INRD) invites the public to tour its state-of-the-art $7.6 million Locomotive Maintenance Facility (LMF) near Jasonville next Friday. The open house will be from 2-4 p.m. The public open house is billed as a "thank you" to the citizens of southwest Indiana in general and Greene County in particular, as Indiana Rail Road continues its years-long plan of investing for future growth in the region...
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Jean A. Hall
(Obituary ~ 09/06/13)
Jean A. Hall, age 63 of Linton, passed away Friday morning, September 6, 2013, at the Greene County General Hospital in Linton. She was born in Linton, on July 6, 1950, the daughter of Louis R. "Bud" and Mary E. (Haffley) Lutz. She was a 1969 graduate from Linton-Stockton High School. She had worked at the Linton Elks Club and the Linton American Legion. She was a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary in Linton. She attended church with her family...
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Community Notes
(Community News ~ 09/06/13)
Saturday Turkey noodle dinner for free will donations at the Faith Community Church in Dugger. Includes drink and dessert. Proceeds benefit the Caring Ministry. The graduating class of Linton High School 1959 will host the annual class party at 6 p.m. at the Linton Housing Authority Building. Dinner will be provided. members and guests are invited to attend...
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North Daviess takes out Eastern Greene
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
ELNORA -- For the third consecutive week, Eastern Greene competed early, but faded late. The Thunderbird football team slipped to 0-3 after losing to host North Daviess 49-16 here Friday night on Thurman H. Brown Field at Cougar Valley. "We have done the same thing for the third game in a row," said EGHS coach Luke Dean. "We were right in all of these games and even a play or two away from being ahead in all three games...
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Indiana High School Football Scores
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
Indiana High School Football Scores Friday's Games Andrean 65, Gary West 28 Angola 28, Eastside 14 Attica 43, Seeger 0 Avon 34, Lafayette Harrison 0 Batesville 52, S. Dearborn 7 Bloomington North 19, Columbus North 14 Boone Grove 25, Hammond Gavit 21...
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Union won only girls basketball sectional championship in 1988
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
DUGGER - If any team in the history of Union High School girls basketball was likely to win a sectional, it would have been in 1987. The Lady Bulldogs featured the senior-freshman combination of Jodie Nielson and Stephanie Loudermilk and they were under the guidance of coach Jill Butcher.....
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Crane Army hosts area schools for leadership, STEM training event
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
CRANE ---- The thick woods on the Crane navy base were full of cries of determination, perseverance and laughter this summer as it played host to dozens of Indiana students learning the value of teamwork and leadership. Crane Army and Navy combined resources in their Science Technology Engineering and Math programs in order to sponsor four Indiana Navy Junior ROTC units participating in a week-long basic leadership training course with a STEM element July 21-25 on Naval Support Activity Crane.....
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Miners dominate Trojans
(High School Sports ~ 09/06/13)
OAKLAND CITY - Class A No. 1 Linton-Stockton tallied up 426 yards of total offense and scored almost at will in a 59-8 rout of Wood Memorial here Friday night. The game quickly became a showcase for the offensive backs as a dozen ball carriers combined to haul the football 22 times for 264 yards.....
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F.O.P. asking community for show of support for Linton's police officers at Monday's City Council meeting
(Local News ~ 09/06/13)
The possibility that the City of Linton's budget crunch could result in the elimination of a couple of jobs at the Linton Police Department (LPD) has officers worried - and the FOP (Fraternal Order of Police) is asking for a show of support from the community at the next meeting of the Linton City Council.....
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